# NTSB Accident ANC99LA151
> **Cessna 172** · 1999-09-24 · GALENA, AK, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC99LA151
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19677
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-09-24
- **Location:** GALENA, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 64.739135, -156.849166
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N5309R
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to refuel, and the resulting fuel exhaustion.  A factor was the dark night which hampered location of a nearby closed, and unlit, airstrip.

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